Everything we know about the iPhone 8

So far, iPhone 7 rumors paint a unfortunately tame and bleak picture of Apple's next smartphone.

In fact, it looks like the iPhone 7 could actually be a member of the iPhone 6 family instead of a brand new generation with a new design.

It will be somewhat controversial if Apple ditches the headphone jack, but if all we can expect is a better camera and redesigned antenna stripes, then it's easily understandable if people are looking to the next iPhone that Apple will release in 2017, which some are calling the iPhone 8.

Check out the latest rumors for the iPhone 8.

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It will be released a year earlier than expected.

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MacRumors spotted a report from an analyst at Barclay's that claims Apple will ditch the "S" model of the iPhone 7 and jump directly to the iPhone 8 in 2017.

Indeed, because Apple releases two iPhones in a single generation (iPhone 6, iPhone 6s), we'd usually expect the iPhone 7 in the Fall of 2016, and an iPhone 7s in the Fall of 2017.

Yet, since 2017 marks the iPhone's 10th anniversary, it wouldn't be surprising that Apple would do something special.

It will mostly be made of glass.

A report from the notorious Apple analyst Ming Chi Kuo spotted by MacRumors says that the iPhone 8's body will be made of glass. If so, it could have a similar aesthetic as the iPhone 4 and 4s, both of which had a glass back.